Editing History of Uzbekistan (section)

==Turkic Khaganate==

[[File: Turkish officers during a audience with king Varkhuman of Samarkand. 648-651 CE, Afrasiyab, Samarkand.jpg |thumb|right| Turk officers during an audience with king [[Varkhuman]] of [[Samarkand]] 648–651 AD ([[Afrasiab murals]])]]
In 563–567, the territory of modern Uzbekistan became part of the [[First Turkic Khaganate|Turkic Khaganate]].<ref>Klyashtornyy S.G., Savinov D.G. Stepnyye imperii drevney Yevrazii. SPb.: Filologicheskiy fakul'tet Sankt Petersburg, 2005</ref> In 630 and 658, the Eastern and Western Turkic Khaganate were conquered by the [[Tang Empire|Tang Dynasty]] of China.

During the era of the [[Western Turkic Khaganate]] (603-658), the political influence of the Turks in Sogd increased. The process of settling the Turks in the oases of Central Asia led to the development of the ancient Turkic writing and monetary relations. Some Turkic rulers of [[Bukhara]], [[Tashkent#History as Chach|Chach]] and Fergana issued their own coins.<ref>Smirnova O. I., Svodnyy katalog sogdiyskikh monet. Moscow, 1981, p.59.</ref><ref>Baratova L.S. Drevnetyurkskiye monety Sredney Azii VI-IX vv. (tipologiya, ikonografiya, istoricheskaya interpretatsiya). Avtoref. diss. kand. ist. nauk. Tashkent, 1995.</ref> Part of the Bukhara Turks adopted Christianity. The Turks from other regions adopted Buddhism and Zoroastrianism. The first steps for the official introduction of Buddhism into the religious practice of the Turks were made by [[Mukan Kağan]] (553-572). However, only [[Taspar Kağan]] (572-580) gave the Buddhist mission a scope that could provide the followers of this religion with cultural and political priority in the Kagan headquarters.<ref>Klyashtornyy S.G., Livshits V.A. Sogdiyskaya nadpis' iz Buguta. // Strany i narody Vostoka. issue 10. Moscow, 1971, pp. 132-133</ref> Most of the Turkic population retained their religion. The sources mention the following Turkic deities: [[Tengri]] (Sky), [[Umay]] (Mother Goddess), [[Yer-sub]] (Earth-Water) and Erklig (Lord of Hell), among which Tengri, the ruler of the Upper World, held a dominant position.<ref>Stebleva I.V. K rekonstruktsii drevnetyurkskoy religiozno-mifologicheskoy sistemy. // Tyurklogicheskiy sbornik 1971 goda.- Moskva, 1972, p. 213-214</ref>

[[Image:Map of expansion of Caliphate.svg|350px|thumb|left|Age of the [[Caliph]]s {{legend|#a1584e|Expansion under [[Muhammad]], 622–632/A.H. 1-11}} {{legend|#ef9070|Expansion during the [[Rashidun Empire|Rashidun Caliphate]], 632–661/A.H. 11-40}} {{legend|#fad07d|Expansion during the [[Umayyad]] [[Caliphate]], 661–750/A.H. 40-129}}]]